Washington Deer 1308 — GMU 501

Lincoln — Antlerless Deer Hunt, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) · Lincoln

What you may take
Lincoln — Antlerless Deer Hunt, Antlerless (Modern Firearm) (female)
Weapon
Rifle
Where
GMU 501 — Lincoln
22% public of 146,391 acres
Season (2026)
Oct 17 – Nov 1, 2026
Nonresident tags (2025)
15
for 439 first-choice applicants
Firearm hunter success here (2025)
32%
of everyone who hunted the area

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Odds by point level — 2025 draw · 2026 draw pending — showing 2025 odds

Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. 15 tags, 439 first-choice applicants. Source: 2025 Deer individual hunts —... · table '1308 - Lincoln'.

Points Your chance Applicants Drawn
0–10 3% the pool average — a floor for anyone holding points, since each point adds entries

Unweighted tags ÷ applicants — state did not publish pools. Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife publishes no per-level counts for this hunt; each point adds entries ((points + 1)²), so the pool average is a floor for anyone holding points and an overstatement for a first-year applicant. How we compute these.

What it costs (2025 nonresident fees)

Cash to apply
$751.37
Out of pocket if unsuccessful
$751.37
Total if drawn
tag fee not on file
Refunded if unsuccessful
$0
Nonresident special hunt permit application (per category) · paid at application $152.30 source
Nonresident deer license · paid at application $599.07 source

Next application window: opens Apr 20, closes May 27, 2027 (expected) · results ~June 30. Last cycle's schedule rolled forward — confirm when the agency publishes.

Point creep & years to draw

Insufficient history (0 of 3 draws) — a creep trend needs at least three draw years with a published drew-out level.

Seasons (2026)

Split 1: Oct 17 – Nov 1, 2026 p. LicenseYear=2026;PermitHuntNumber=1308

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in GMU 501, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife counted 387 deer taken in 2025. Full GMU 501 profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →

Hunters holding this license type (2025) — the rest of the area's hunters held something else:

What they hunted Hunters Harvest Success Days per animal
Type general_season 378
Type general_season 90 21 23% 30.0
Type general_season 992 313 32% 18.0
Type general_season 117 29 25% 22.0
Type special_permit 9

Washington's figures come from mandatory hunter reports. WDFW credits a multi-GMU special-permit hunt's harvest to every GMU it spans rather than splitting it, so unit totals add up to more than the statewide total. Source: WDFW Hunt Planner 'BigGame' harvest table (WP_HuntPlanner/Harvest/MapServer/1)

Year by year

The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year.

Year Tags Applicants Applicants per tag Points needed Source
2026 15 WDFW Hunt Planner 'Regulation'... · LicenseYear=2026;PermitHuntNumber=1308
2025 15 439 29.3 2025 Deer individual hunts —... · table '1308 - Lincoln'
2024 15 433 28.9 2024 Deer individual hunts —... · table '1308 - Lincoln'
2023 15 410 27.3 2023 Deer individual hunts —... · table '1308 - Lincoln'
2022 15 492 32.8 2022 Deer individual hunts —... · table '1308 - Lincoln'
2021 15 427 28.5 2021 Deer individual hunts —... · table '1308 - Lincoln'

Other licenses valid in GMU 501

Legal cartridges for deer in Washington

From the Washington hunting laws rules on file for a rifle. "Depends" means the rule turns on your specific load — check the state page.

.22-250 Remington
.223 Remington from $0.42/rd
.243 Winchester from $1.11/rd
.25-06 Remington
6.5 Creedmoor
6.5 Grendel
.270 Winchester from $0.16/rd
7mm-08 Remington
7mm Remington Magnum
.30-06 Springfield
.300 AAC Blackout from $0.56/rd
.300 Winchester Magnum from $1.25/rd
.30-30 Winchester
.308 Winchester
.338 Winchester Magnum
.350 Legend from $1.07/rd
.35 Whelen
.360 Buckhammer
.400 Legend
.444 Marlin
.450 Bushmaster from $2.00/rd
.45-70 Government from $1.97/rd
.50 Beowulf
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How to read these numbers

Every percentage on this page is a prior-draw probability: the chance an applicant with that many points would have drawn in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results. It is not a forecast — quotas, applicant numbers, and point creep change every year. Every figure links to the agency document it came from. Where a state does not publish a number, we show a dash, never a zero. Hunts with fewer than five tags show counts instead of percentages. Fees show the fee year used. Read the methodology for the engine details.

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